With the end of the World Championships, the 2021/22 season has officially come to an end. Robertson, who has won four titles and one runner-up this season, became the best player in a single season, and O'Sullivan became the second best player of the season with his world championship and World Grand Prix title and the title of runner-up in the European Masters. Trump, who won two championships and two runners-up, was third, and Chinese teenager Zhao Xintong was fourth with the honor of winning the British Championship and the German Masters. Brechel is the fifth-best player to perform this season with a good record of scottish open title and British Championship runner-up.
Robertson's four crowns and one Asian became the first man of the season
In the 2021/22 season, Neil Robertson, now ranked fourth in the world, is arguably the best performer. Despite withdrawing from several tournaments, Robertson still won the English Open, Masters, Players' Championship, Tour Championship and World Grand Prix runner-up. Defeating Higgins in the England Open final and Tour Championship final, Hawkins in the Masters final and players tournament final, and O'Sullivan at the World Grand Prix, Robertson's performance this season is definitely the first. With one of three tournaments in his hands, two Tournament Tour and Players Championship titles, and one of the British home-based series titles, Robertson's season standard is second to none, even O'Sullivan.
O'Sullivan won two titles and finished second in the season
Although O'Sullivan has won the World Championship and the World Grand Prix this season, he still has not performed as well as Robertson. In the 2021/22 season, O'Sullivan's performance in the first half of the season was not very satisfactory, and even repeatedly beat Higgins. But even so, O'Sullivan still managed to find his form with the performance of beating Robertson in the World Grand Prix final, and although he was later defeated by Chinese teenager Fan Zhengyi in the final of the European Masters, this defeat also laid the foundation for him to find a higher goal. After the European Masters, O'Sullivan's performance didn't look ideal. But after entering the World Championships, O'Sullivan's performance was like a different person. Before encountering Higgins, he had advanced in a crushing manner. Even against Higgins, he won by a significant margin, and winning the World Championship made O'Sullivan the second-best player of the season.
Trump finished third with two titles and two runners-up
Since entering the 2021/22 season, Trump's performance has not been ideal, which has even led him to complain directly about the problem of the world ranking mechanism after losing to Slather in the British Open, because Selby did not perform as well as him, but the world number one belongs to Selby. However, complaining is not difficult to solve the problem, and after experiencing inner anxiety, Trump began to accept his state and situation. In his poor form, he won the Championship Invitational Tournament, the first time in Trump's career that he had won the tournament. After winning the championship, Trump lost to Joe Perry in the welsh Open final, which made the latter realize his dream. Fortunately, Trump won the subsequent Turkish Masters, which gave him his first ranking title of the season. Such a performance also made him reach the top eight of the season, and the world championship runner-up honor made him the third place in the season.
Zhao Xintong won two crowns and ranked fourth
For the 2021/22 season, Zhao Xintong is definitely the most surprising existence in the world stage. From the emergence to the stunning victory, Zhao Xintong defeated a number of top players to achieve his own honors. He is the second player in Chinese snooker history to successfully win the British Championship title, and the player with the shortest interval between winning the first two ranking championships in the history of world snooker. Although he did not perform well in the following seasons, you have to admit that he has become the most popular player in the post-90s generation. In fifth place is Belgian talent Brechel, who has finished runners-up at the British Championship and the Scottish Open in this season. Although Zhao Xintong and Brechel's performances can only rank fourth and fifth in the season, their rise is of great significance to Snooker because they bring new hope to the world stage. As White used to say, Zhao Xintong and Brechel are real players who can bring young strength, because their playing style is full of ornamental.